Supreme Court - Daily Orders
M.C. Mehta vs Union Of India on 2 April, 2025
Author: Abhay S. Oka
Bench: Abhay S. Oka
ITEM NO.41 COURT NO.4 SECTION PIL-W
S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
WRIT PETITION(S)(CIVIL) NO(S). 13029/1985
M.C. MEHTA Petitioner(s)
VERSUS
UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondent(s)
[ TO BE TAKEN UP AT 12:00 NOON ]..... IN RE: MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE
AND IN RE: PAYMENT OF COMPENSATION AND IN RE: POWER PLANTS NAME OF
THE FOLLOWING ADVOCATES MAY BE TREATED TO HAVE BEEN SHOWN IN THE
LIST: MR. HARISH N. SALVE, SR. ADVOCATE (A.C.) MS. APARAJITA SINGH,
SR. ADVOCATE (A.C.) MS. UTTARA BABBAR, SR. ADVOCATE (A.C.) MR.
A.D.N. RAO, SR. ADVOCATE (A.C.) MS. SHIBANI GHOSH, ADVOCATE (A.C.)
MR. SIDDHARTHA CHOWDHURY, ADVOCATE (A.C.) MR. G.S. MAKKER, MR.
AMRISH KUMAR, MR. M.K. MARORIA, MR. SANJAY KR. VISEN, MR. SUDEEP
KUMAR, MR. KARAN SHARMA, MR. SANDEEP KR. JHA, MR. JYOTI MENDIRATTA,
MR. RAHUL KHURANA, MR. PRANAV SACHDEVA, ADVOCATES
Date : 02-04-2025 This petition was called on for hearing today.
CORAM :
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ABHAY S. OKA
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE UJJAL BHUYAN
Ms. Aparajita Singh, Sr. Adv. (A.C)
Ms. Uttara Babbar, Sr. Adv. (A.C)
Ms. Shibani Ghosh, Adv.
For Petitioner(s): Applicant-in-person, AOR
Petitioner-in-person
For Respondent(s): Mrs. Aishwarya Bhati, A.S.G.
Mrs. Ruchi Kohli, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Mukesh Kumar Maroria, AOR
Mrs. Suhasini Sen, Adv.
Mr. Rajesh Kr. Singh, Adv.
Mr. Subhranshu Padhi, Adv.
Mr. Jagdish Chandra Solanki, Adv.
Mr. Gaurang Bhushan, Adv.
Dr. Menaka Guruswamy, Sr. Adv.
Signature Not Verified
Mr. Wasim S. Qadri, Sr. Adv.
Digitally signed by
ASHISH KONDLE
Date: 2025.04.05
Mr. Utkarsh Pratap, Adv.
15:37:24 IST
Reason: Ms. Arunima Das, Adv.
Mr. Devesh Maurya, Adv.
Mr. Ravi Kumar, Adv.
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Mr. Aditya Sondhi, Sr. Adv.
Ms. Jyoti Mendiratta, AOR
Ms. Ananya Basudha, Adv.
Mr. Rijjuk Sarkar, Adv.
Mr. Ravender Pal Singh, Adv.
Ms. Sheyl Trehan, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Shivendra Singh, AOR
Mr. Praveen Swarup, AOR
Mr. Rajesh Kumar Chaurasia, AOR
Mrs. Aishwarya Bhati, A.S.G.
Ms. Archana Dave Pathak, A.S.G.
Mr. Wasim Quadri, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Swarupama Chaturvedi, Sr. Adv.
Mrs. Ruchi Kohli, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker, AOR
Mr. P. K. Jain, AOR
Mr. Ramesh Babu M. R., AOR
Mr. Pavan Kumar, AOR
M/S. S. Narain & Co., AOR
Mr. Chirag M. Shroff, AOR
Mr. Ejaz Maqbool, AOR
Mr. Prashant Kumar, AOR
Mr. Lokesh Sinhal, Sr. A.A.G.
Mr. B.K. Satija, A.A.G.
Mr. Rakesh Kumar Mudgal, A.A.G.
Mr. Akshay Amritanshu, AOR
Mr. Rahul Khurana, Adv.
Mr. Nikunj Gupta, Adv.
Ms. Drishti Saraf, Adv.
Ms. Pragya Upadhyay, Adv.
Ms. Aakanksha, Adv.
Ms. Ishika Gupta, Adv.
Mr. Sarthak Arya, Adv.
Mr. E. C. Agrawala, AOR
Ms. Hemantika Wahi, AOR
Ms. Binu Tamta, AOR
Mr. Radha Shyam Jena, AOR
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Mr. Pradeep Kumar Bakshi, AOR
Mr. Ashok Mathur, AOR
Mr. V. K. Verma, AOR
Mr. Ajit Pudussery, AOR
Mrs. Bina Gupta, AOR
Mr. Rakesh K. Sharma, AOR
Ms. Sujeeta Srivastava, AOR
Mr. Anil Kumar Jha, AOR
Mr. Mukesh K. Giri, AOR
Mr. Mandaar Mukesh Giri, Adv.
M/S. Parekh & Co., AOR
Mr. Sudhir Mendiratta, AOR
Mrs. Anil Katiyar, AOR
Mr. Hardeep Singh Anand, AOR
Mr. Sandeep Narain, AOR
Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, AOR
Mrs. Anu K Joy, Adv.
Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv.
Mr. Santhosh K, Adv.
Mr. Sushil Kumar Singh, AOR
Mrs. Rani Chhabra, AOR
Mr. G. Prakash, AOR
Ms. Nandini Gidwaney, AOR
Mr. Shri Narain, AOR
Mr. Umesh Kumar Khaitan, AOR
Ms. Shalini Kaul, AOR
Mr. K. R. Sasiprabhu, AOR
Mrs. K. Sarada Devi, AOR
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Mr. Sanjay Kumar Visen, AOR
Mrs. Priya Puri, AOR
Ms. Manjula Gupta, AOR
Mr. T. V. Ratnam, AOR
Mr. Balaji Srinivasan, AOR
Mr. Rajiv Ranjan Dwivedi, AOR
M/S. Khaitan & Co., AOR
Mr. S. S. Shroff, AOR
Mr. Sushil Kumar Jain, AOR
Mr. Aniruddha Deshmukh, AOR
Mr. Ravindra Bana, AOR
Mr. Surya Kant, AOR
Mrs. B. Sunita Rao, AOR
Mr. Abhishek, AOR
Mr. Alok Gupta, AOR
Mr. Sarvam Ritam Khare, AOR
Mr. R. P. Gupta, AOR
Mr. P. Parmeswaran, AOR
Mr. Mohit D. Ram, AOR
Mr. Pramod Dayal, AOR
Mr. Satya Mitra, AOR
M/S. M.V. Kini & Associates, AOR
Mr. Rakesh Kumar-I, AOR
Mr. Parijat Sinha, AOR
M/S. Saharya & Co., AOR
Ms. Pritha Srikumar Iyer, AOR
Mr. M. P. Devanath, AOR
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Ms. Ruchi Kohli, Sr. Adv.
Ms. Srishti Mishra, Adv.
Mr. Sumeet Mishra, Adv.
Mr. R. C. Kohli, AOR
Mr. Rishi Matoliya, AOR
Mr. Anurag Kishore, AOR
Ms. Mayuri Raghuvanshi, AOR
Mr. Neeraj Kumar Gupta, AOR
Ms. Pritha Srikumar Iyer, AOR
Ms. Rooh-e-hina Dua, AOR
Ms. Vrinda Bhandari, AOR
Ms. Charu Mathur, AOR
Mr. Shrirang B. Varma, Adv.
Mr. Siddharth Dharmadhikari, Adv.
Mr. Aaditya Aniruddha Pande, AOR
Mr. Pranav Sachdeva, AOR
Mr. Sameer Shrivastava, AOR
Ms. Nidhi Mohan Parashar, AOR
Mr. Kuldip Singh, AOR
Ms. Anushree Prashit Kapadia, AOR
Dr. Brij Bhushan K Jauhari, Adv.
Mr. Deepak Jyoti Ghildiyal, Adv.
Mr. O P Singh, Adv.
Mr. Harsh Mahan, Adv.
Ms. Purnima Jauhari, AOR
Mr. Danish Zubair Khan, AOR
Mr. Vikas Mehta, AOR
Mr. Varun Singh, Adv.
Ms. Kajal S Gupta, Adv.
Mr. Mudit Gupta, AOR
Ms. K. V. Bharathi Upadhyaya, AOR
Ms. Surabhi Sanchita, AOR
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Mr. Vinod Sharma, AOR
Mr. Debojit Borkakati, AOR
Mr. Vikrant Singh Bais, AOR
Ms. Diksha Rai, AOR
Mr. Ketan Paul, AOR
Mr. Hiren Dasan, AOR
Mr. Ajay Vikram Singh, AOR
Mrs. Priyanka Singh, Adv.
Ms. Swati, Adv.
Mr. M Aamir Faiyaz, Adv.
Ms. Jyotsna Sharma, Adv.
Ms. Garima Prashad, Sr. A.A.G.
Mr. Sudeep Kumar, AOR
Ms. Manisha, Adv.
Ms. Rupali, Adv.
Mr. Niraj Gupta, AOR
Ms. Shibani Ghosh, AOR
Mr. Vivek Gupta, AOR
Mr. Vinay Garg, AOR
Dr. Ram Sankar, Adv.
Mrs. Harini Ramsankar, Adv.
Mrs. Usha Prabakaran, Adv.
For M/S. Ram Sankar & Co, AOR
Mr. P. Parmeswaran, AOR
Mr. Durga Dutt, AOR
Mr. Soumya Dutta, AOR
Dr. Ram Sankar, Adv.
Mrs. Harini Ramsankar, Adv.
Mrs. Usha Prabakaran, Adv.
For M/S. Ram Sankar & Co, AOR
Ms. Malvika Kapila, AOR
Mr. K. Paari Vendhan, AOR
Mr. Prashant Manchanda, A.A.G.
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Mr. Karan Sharma, AOR
Mr. Varun Singh, Adv.
Ms. Kajal S Gupta, Adv.
Mr. Mudit Gupta, AOR
Ms. Surbhi Mehta, AOR
Mr. Shovan Mishra, AOR
Ms. G. Indira, AOR
Mr. Prakash Ranjan Nayak, AOR
Mrs. Aishwarya Bhati, A.S.G.
Mrs. Ruchi Kohli, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav, AOR
Mrs. Alka Agarwal, Adv.
Ms. Sonali Jain, Adv.
Mr. Ashok Kumar B, Adv.
Ms. Baby Devi Bonia, Adv.
Mr. Anirudh Bhat, Adv.
Mr. Prashant Singh Ii, Adv.
Mr. Avijit Mani Tripathi, AOR
Mr. T.k. Nayak, Adv.
Ms. Marbiang Khongwir, Adv.
Mr. Sameer Kumar, AOR
Mr. Ajay Pal, AOR
Mr. Gaurav Kejriwal, AOR
Mr. Sameer Abhyankar, AOR
Mr. Rahul Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Aryan Srivastava, Adv.
Mr. Shankey Agrawal, AOR
Mr. Mukesh Verma, Adv.
Mrs. Vatsala Tripathi, Adv.
Ms. Manisha, Adv.
Mr. Yash Pal Dhingra, AOR
Mr. Premchand Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Ashutosh Dubey, AOR
Ms. G. Indira, AOR
Mr. Aakarshan Aditya, AOR
Mr. Nitin Saluja, AOR
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Mr. Nirnimesh Dube, AOR
Ms. Rashmi Malhotra, AOR
Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker, AOR
Mr. Dhananjaya Mishra, AOR
Mr. Lokesh Sinhal, Sr. A.A.G.
Mr. Sarthak Arya, Adv.
Mr. Vaibhav Saini, Adv.
Mr. Nikunj Gupta, Adv.
Mr. Rahul Khurana, AOR
Ms. Srishti Agnihotri, AOR
M/S. Karanjawala & Co., AOR
Mr. V. N. Raghupathy, AOR
Mr. Chandra Prakash, AOR
Mr. Mahfooz Ahsan Nazki, AOR
Mr. Satya Mitra, AOR
Mr. Deepayan Mandal, AOR
Mr. Ravindra S. Garia, AOR
Mr. Gaurav Choudhary, AOR
Mr. Ravindra Kumar, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Binay Kumar Das, AOR
Ms. Priyanka Das, Adv.
Ms. Neha Das, Adv.
Mr. Shivam Saksena, Adv.
Mr. Vikas Bharti, Adv.
Mr. Aravindh S., AOR
Mr. Aadithya Aravindh, Adv.
Mr. Gaurav, AOR
Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, AOR
Mr. Saurabh Tripathi, Adv.
Mr. Deepayan Dutta, Adv.
Ms. Charu Ambwani, AOR
Mr. Sagar Roy, Adv.
Ms. Anki Kashyap, Adv.
Mr. Nepal Singh, Adv.
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Mr. Venkatesh Rajput, Adv.
Ms. Sangita Malhotra, Adv.
Mr. Subhro Sanyal, AOR
Mr. Vinodh Kanna B., AOR
Mr. Prasanna S., AOR
Ms. Shalu Sharma, AOR
Mr. Sahil Tagotra, AOR
Mr. Talha Abdul Rahman, AOR
Mr. Guntur Pramod Kumar, AOR
Mr. Keshav Singh, Adv.
Mr. Bp Naidu, Adv.
Mr. Rishi Sehgal, AOR
Mr. Kunal Mimani, AOR
Mr. Prashant Alai, Adv.
Mr. Kumar Anurag Singh, Adv.
Ms. Tulika Mukherjee, AOR
Mr. Beenu Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Venkat Narayan, Adv.
Ms. Divya Jyoti Singh, AOR
Mr. Yoginder Handoo, AOR
Ms. Misha Rohatgi, AOR
Mr. Nakul Mohta, Adv.
Mr. Amulya Upadhyay, Adv.
Mr. Ayush Kashyap, Adv.
Mr. Sandeep Singh, AOR
Ms. Mithu Jain, AOR
Ms. Asha Gopalan Nair, AOR
Mr. Akhil Anand, AOR
Mrs. Prerna Dhall, Adv.
Ms. Akanksha Singh, Adv.
Mr. Ambuj Swaroop, Adv.
Mr. Shivam Ganeshia, Adv.
Mr. Piyush Yadav, Adv.
Mr. Prashant Singh, AOR
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Mr. Sanjeev Kumar, AOR
Ms. Sakshi Kakkar, AOR
Mr. Akshay Girish Ringe, AOR
Mr. Anuj Bhandari, AOR
Mr. Shiv Mangal Sharma, A.A.G.
Mr. Saurabh Rajpal, Adv.
Ms. Shalini Singh, Adv.
Ms. Awanitika, Adv.
Ms. Nidhi Jaswal, AOR
Mr. Ravi Prakash, AOR
Ms. N. Annapoorani, AOR
Mr. S. Gowthaman, AOR
M/S. Ahmadi Law Offices, AOR
Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, A.S.G.
Ms. Suhasini Sen, Adv.
Mr. Rajesh Kr.singh, Adv.
Mr. Subhranshu Padhi, Adv.
Mr. Gaurang Bhushan, Adv.
Ms. Sweksha, Adv.
Dr. N. Visakamurthy, AOR
Mr. Aashhish Chauhan, Adv.
Ms. Sonal Chauhan, Adv.
Ms. Vanya Gupta, AOR
Ms. Pavani Verma, Adv.
Ms. Kajal Dalal, AOR
Ms. Divya Roy, AOR
Ms. Shagun Matta, AOR
Mr. Vinay Garg, AOR
Mr. Anil Kumar, AOR
Mr. Rakesh Kumar-I, AOR
Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, AOR
Mr. Karun Sharma, Adv.
Ms. Anupama Ngangom, Adv.
Ms. Rajkumari Divyasana, Adv.
Mr. Vikrant Singh Bais, AOR
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Ms. Neeru Vaid, AOR
Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, A.S.G.
Ms. Suhasini Sen, Adv.
Mr. Rajesh K. Singh, Adv.
Mr. Shubhranshu Padhi, Adv.
Mr. Gaurang Bhushan, Adv.
Mr. Raghav Sharma, Adv.
Ms. Kanu Agrawal, Adv.
Mr. Bhuvan Kapoor, Adv.
Mr. Varun Chugh, Adv.
Mr. Krishna Kant Dubey, Adv.
Ms. Indira Bhakar, Adv.
Mr. Jagdish Chandra, Adv.
Mr. Shreekant Neelappa Terdal, AOR
Mr. Avi Singh, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Shiven Varma, Adv.
Mr. Saurabh Agrawal, AOR
Mr. Kirti Raj, Adv.
Ms. Komal Mundhra, Adv.
Mr. Devansh Srivastava, AOR
Mr. Shekhar Kumar, AOR
M/S. S. Narain & Co., AOR
Ms. Aswathi M.k., AOR
Mr. Neeraj Shekhar, AOR
Mrs. Kshama Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Rajesh Kumar Maurya, Adv.
Ms. Lubna Naaz, AOR
Mr. Parminder Singh Bhullar, AOR
Mr. Chandrakant Sukumar Sarkar, Adv.
Mr. Mukesh Kumar Singh, Adv.
Mr. Narendra Kumar Goyal, Adv.
Mr. Naveen Yadav, Adv.
Mr. C M Dwivedi, Adv.
Mr. Ikshit Singhal, Adv.
For M/S. Mukesh Kumar Singh And Co., AOR
Mr. Alok Gupta, AOR
Mr. K. V. Mohan, AOR
Mr. Yash S. Vijay, AOR
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M/S. Lex Regis Law Offices, AOR
Ms. Jaikriti S. Jadeja, AOR
Mr. Rajan Narain, AOR
Mr. Gaurav, AOR
Mr. T. R. B. Sivakumar, AOR
Mr. Mohit Paul, AOR
Mr. Shalen Bhardwaj, Adv.
Mr. Virender Kumar, Adv.
Ms. Garima Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Ashok Kumar Panigrahi, Adv.
Ms. Lakshmi, Adv.
Mr. Nischal Kumar Neeraj, AOR
Ms. Aastha Mehta, Adv.
Ms. Deepanwita Priyanka, AOR
Ms. Prerana Mohapatra, Adv.
Ms. Prina Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Deepak Singh, Adv.
Ms. Ankita Sharma, AOR
Mr. Arjun D Singh, Adv.
Mr. Kumar Dushyant Singh, AOR
Mr. A. Venayagam Balan, AOR
Mr. S. S. Shroff, AOR
Mr. Shiv Mangal Sharma, A.A.G.
Ms. Astha Tyagi, AOR
Mr. Sandeep Kumar Jha, AOR
Ms. Nidhi Jaswal, Adv.
M/S. M. V. Kini & Associates, AOR
Ms. Manju Jetley, AOR
Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, A.S.G.
Mr. Chitransh Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Chitrangda Rastravara, Adv.
Ms. Shivika Mehra, Adv.
Mr. Madhav Sinhal, Adv.
Mr. Chitvan Singhal, Adv.
Mr. Kanu Agrawal, Adv.
Mr. Amrish Kumar, AOR
Ms. Suhasini Sain, Adv.
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Mr. Shubhranshu Padhi, Adv.
Mr. Rajesh Kr. Singh, Adv.
Mr. Gaurang Bhushan, Adv.
Mr. Sudarshan Lamba-AOR, Adv.
Mr. Nishit Agrawal, AOR
Mr. Raghvendra Kumar, AOR
Mr. Anando Mukherjee, AOR
Ms. Sanjivani Aggarwal, Adv.
Ms. Jyoti Aggarwal, Adv.
Mr. Pradeep Aggarwal, Adv.
Ms. Filza Moonis, AOR
Mr. Divyanshu Kumar Srivastava, AOR
Mr. Rajiv Yadav, AOR
Ms. Madhumita Bhattacharjee, AOR
Mr. Ayush Sharma, AOR
Mr. Gopal Jha, AOR
Mr. Pradeep Misra, AOR
Mr. Daleep Dhyani, Adv.
Mr. Suraj Singh, Adv.
Mr. Manish Kumar, AOR
Mr. Ravi Shanker Jha, Adv.
Mr. Harsh V. Surana, AOR
Mr. Yashraj Singh Bundela, AOR
Mr. Surjeet Singh, Adv.
Mr. Chanakya Baruah, Adv.
Ms. Saloni, Adv.
Mr. Rohan Singla, Adv.
Mr. Pulkit Agarwal, AOR
Mr. S S Bandyopadhyay, Adv.
Mr. Syed Miran Ahmad, Adv.
Mr. Abhaya Nath Das, Adv.
Ms. Anjana Sharma, Adv.
Ms. Swagoti Batchas, Adv.
Mr. Om Prakash, Adv.
Ms. Swati Mishra, Adv.
Mr. Abhay Singh, Adv.
Mr. Kishor Kumar Mishra, Adv.
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Dr. Aditya Mishra, Adv.
Mr. Satish Kumar, AOR
Ms. Ameyavikrama Thanvi, AOR
Ms. K. Enatoli Sema, AOR
Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv.
Ms. Chubalemla Chang, Adv.
Mr. Prang Newmai, Adv.
Mr. Anas Tanwir, AOR
Ms. Puja Sharma, AOR
Mr. Shishir Deshpande, AOR
Mr. D. Kumanan, AOR
Ms. Rakhi Ray, AOR
Ms. Ishita Jain, AOR
Mr. Manish Kumar Gupta, AOR
Mr. Sravan Kumar Karanam, AOR
Mr. Abhiram Bannur, Adv.
Mr. P. Venkatraju, Adv.
UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following
O R D E R
IN RE: POWER PLANTS
1. We have heard Ms. Aparajita Singh, learned Senior Advocate appointed as Amicus Curiae on the issue of power plants and Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, learned ASG representing the CAQM as well as the Union of India.
2. The learned Amicus Curiae has today flagged the issue of 11 Thermal Power Plants which are located within 300 kilometers of Delhi. We are concerned with the compliance regarding SO2 emission standards. There are two issues. The first is whether categorization of the Thermal Power Plants within the distance of 300 kilometers from 14 Delhi can be changed. For that purpose, amendment to Schedule I of the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986 will be required. The second issue is about the timelines for compliance with the SO2 emission standards. Out of the 11 Thermal Power Plant units, we find that the units at Dadri NCTPP, NTPC, Uttar Pradesh and Mahatma Gandhi TPS, Jhajjhar Power, Haryana, there is a compliance. In the case of power plants at Indira Gandhi STPP, NTPC, Haryana and Harduaganj TPS, UPRVUNL, Uttar Pradesh, there is a partial compliance. As regards power plant at Rajpura TPP, NPL- L&T, Punjab, it is mentioned that FGD is installed in both the units, but the system is presently not operational in these units.
3. The question is whether the timelines up to 31st December, 2029 as stated in Schedule I can be reduced. On the aspect of classification and on the aspect of reducing the timelines, we will need a response of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India. While we do so, we have to also ensure that the timelines are not repeatedly extended. Therefore, it will be appropriate if a notice is issued to the non-compliant Thermal Power Plants so that effective directions can be issued against them. Accordingly, issue notice to the following Thermal Power Plants, returnable on 29th April, 2025:
1. Indira Gandhi STPP, NTPC, Haryana;15
2. Panipat TPS, HPGCL, Haryana;
3. Rajiv Gandhi TPS, HPGCL, Haryana;
4. Yamuna Nagar TPS, HPGCL, Haryana;
5. Rajpura TPP, NPL-L&T, Punjab;
6. Talwandi Asbo TPP, TSPL-Vedanta, Punjab;
7. GH TPS (Lehra Mohabbat), PSPCL;
8. Ropar TPS, PSPCL, Punjab; and
9. Harduaganj TPS, UPRVUNL, Uttar Pradesh The Union of India to furnish addresses of the aforementioned Thermal Power Plants. A copy of this order shall accompany the Notice.
4. In the meanwhile, we direct the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change to file its response in terms of what we have observed in this Order and in terms of the Note submitted by the learned Amicus Curiae for today’s hearing. The said response shall be filed at least three days before the returnable date.
5. List on 29th April, 2025 at 12:00 noon.
IN RE: SUBSISTENCE ALLOWANCE
6. We have perused the affidavit filed by the Delhi Government in compliance with the order dated 28 th February, 2025. The learned senior counsel representing the National Campaign Committee (NCC) and the learned senior counsel appearing for the Centre for Holistic Development, have several issues about the affidavit of the Delhi Government. We direct both the entities to file their counter dealing with the affidavit filed by the Delhi Government and also 16 place material on record giving names of the construction workers who actually worked during GRAP-IV period. They must also set out in what manner the verification has been carried out to ascertain whether the workers had worked during the relevant period. Time of three weeks is granted to them to file their counter.
7. The Delhi Government will also address this Court on the question whether the verified workers can be denied amount payable on the ground that their bank accounts are not linked with Aadhaar. This aspect will be considered on 29th April, 2025 at 12:00 noon.
IN RE: SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
8. This issue will be considered on 8th April, 2025 at 12:30 p.m. (ASHISH KONDLE) (AVGV RAMU) ASTT. REGISTRAR-cum-PS COURT MASTER (NSH) 17